Automation Fair 2017 promises to provide the education, inspiration and networking opportunities you have come to expect and depend on from Rockwell Automation to keep up with the fast-changing world of automation. Learn about all the latest trends and how The Connected Enterprise is bringing the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) to life for companies around the world.

The Allen-Bradley MobileView Tethered Operator Interface expands the visualization portfolio of products – taking terminals mobile while increasing operator productivity. With a hardwired E-stop and 3-position enabling switch, the terminal helps contribute to a safe production environment. Our second generation MobileView tethered HMI has all the mobility features of the first generation product with the addition of an illuminated E-stop, ability to work with the IP65 junction box and the option to be used as a thin client.

Rockwell Automation has expanded its portfolio to include the PanelView 5310 Graphic Terminal. This touch screen terminal is ideal for OEMs and end users looking for a right-sized visualization solution for their smaller applications. Screen sizes range from 7" to 12." The terminal provides 50 screens, connection to one controller and 1000 alarms. An on-screen navigation button easily displays information.

Designed for global applications, the Allen-Bradley 194U non-fused disconnect switch offers one of the smallest UL98 disconnects on the market. Suitable as the main disconnecting means for a panel, the 194U is available in front or base mounting styles together with side operation making the disconnect adaptable for various customer applications.

Compact footprint, one of the smallest on the market, can save up to 50% panel space

Can be used as main panel disconnect switch (UL98), or as at-motor disconnect switch (UL508)

NFPA79 compliant handle for robust lock-out/tag-out

Current rating: UL 30...125A, IEC 40...160A

3- or 4-pole, base or front mount options available for multiple configuration options

Interrupting capacity up to 200 kA allows a single unit to address many applications

ES&E is your local authorized Allen-Bradley Distributor and hosts a variety of courses from Rockwell Automation. These classes are more focused and lengthy and provide a better understanding of a particular Allen-Bradley product or service. Tuition is required and covers all course materials. Some classes include:

Would you like your automation equipment to let you know about an issue before it becomes a problem?

Heard a lot of buzz about manufacturing analytics, but don’t know what it is or where to begin? Don’t worry – you’re not alone. There’s so much information out there that it’s easy to get overwhelmed. FactoryTalk Analytics for Devices gives you a quick look into the health of your control system devices, enabling you to better manage plant operations. Simply put, data isn’t useful unless it’s helping you take your decision-making and performance to the next level. That’s what analytics can do for you; and, FactoryTalk Analytics for Devices is a great place to start because you can see the value in less than five minutes.

FactoryTalk View Site Edition (SE) meets the demands of each of multiple stakeholders, providing robust and reliable functionality in a single software package that scales from a stand-alone HMI system to a distributed visualization solution. With FactoryTalk View SE, HMI challenges in process, batch and discrete applications are managed in a single software solution that enables critical visibility in real-time when and where you need it.

Your only source for factory-authorized repair on Allen-Bradley and Reliance Electric products

Reductions in maintenance staff and spare parts inventory often lead to longer downtime and lost revenue when your automation assets malfunction or fail. To minimize downtime and keep production lines running, you need a reliable service partner that you can trust to provide quality repairs when you need them.

The Industrial Data Center from Rockwell Automation can help your business realize these cost savings through a pre-engineered, scalable infrastructure offering. All of the hardware you need to run multiple operating systems and multiple applications off of virtualized servers are included in the cost.

This workshop covers proven best-practices for diagnosing process dynamics and manually tuning PID controllers. The workshop is hands-on and includes case studies of industrial problems and solutions. Course participants will leave with skills to achieve immediate impact to production control through loop optimization and process control strategy.

Automation Fair 2017 promises to provide the education, inspiration and networking opportunities you have come to expect and depend on from Rockwell Automation to keep up with the fast-changing world of automation. Learn about all the latest trends and how The Connected Enterprise is bringing the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) to life for companies around the world.

ES&E is your local authorized Allen-Bradley Distributor and hosts a variety of courses from Rockwell Automation. These classes are more focused and lengthy and provide a better understanding of a particular Allen-Bradley product or service. Tuition is required and covers all course materials. Some classes include:

The digital transformation of your entire value chain can make a significant contribution to your productivity, quality, compliance and profitability. There are 4 critical factors to realizing that value:

Rockwell Automation is dedicated to identifying cyber security risks to industrial assets and finding solutions to help keep you productive. We work in collaboration with industrial security software providers who fully understand operational functions within industrial protocols and work to help secure and optimize the industrial control networks. We offer you visibility across all levels of the OT environment, threat detection, real-time onitoring and deep network insights across your assets.

In today’s economy, it is necessary to have migration solutions that help you to achieve increased productivity and lessen your risk of maintaining your legacy equipment. You need to work with a supplier that has the product, service and industry knowledge to partner with you on an upgrade strategy that will help you maximize your competitive advantage. Rockwell Automation and its partners will work with you to outline a plan that fits your application needs and long-term goals. We can help you migrate all at once or in phases, at the pace that is comfortable for you and fits your budget. With your goals in mind, Rockwell Automation has developed a migration strategy that will allow you to quickly and easily migrate from MSR safety relays to the new GSR relays.

The Kinetix® VPC Servo Motor uses interior permanent magnet technology to provide more efficiency and higher torque at higher speeds in continuous-duty applications. Design features, such as the attached fan and option for single-cable power and feedback, both enhance machine performance and increase ease of use.

FactoryTalk® Performance is a scalable solution that helps manufacturers to improve efficiency with an automated system that measures and analyzes data continuously to determine key corrective actions required to reduce the things that reduce OEE.

These include downtime, unproductive time, cycle time and scrap. The application pinpoints which corrective actions will have the most impact, again and again over time.

Actionable Intelligence and Analysis
A Rockwell Automation® Installed Base Evaluation (IBE) is much more than simply counting parts. It’s a thorough analysis of your critical plant assets and their condition. This service provides the knowledge needed to help you make data-driven decisions regarding the support and obsolescence management of your installed base assets. With an IBE, we can help you better understand and pinpoint your lifecycle risk by site, area, line, machine and panel. By optimizing your Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO), we’ll help ensure you have the right parts, in the right place, at the right time.

While manufacturing applications are becoming more complex, staffing resources are becoming leaner – increasing the need to access and view application information beyond the control panel. The Allen-Bradley MobileView Tethered Operator Interface expands the visualization portfolio of products – taking terminals mobile while increasing operator productivity. With a hardwired E-stop and 3-position enabling switch, the terminal helps contribute to a safe production environment.

With its ergonomical design, the MobileView Tethered has a comfortable handle for easy carrying and fatigue-free operation. MobileView will run the Windows Embedded Standard 7 operating system, optimized for FactoryTalk View ME and FactoryTalk View Studio applications – helping reduce development costs.

A mobile operator interface can be used in many industrial applications without compromising safety. MobileView can be eff ective in applications with line of sight requirements, setup/calibration activities where an operator needs to be near an application with access to operator interface, and maintenance applications.

This workshop covers proven best-practices for diagnosing process dynamics and manually tuning PID controllers. The workshop is hands-on and includes case studies of industrial problems and solutions. Course participants will leave with skills to achieve immediate impact to production control through loop optimization and process control strategy.

ES&E is your local authorized Allen-Bradley Distributor and hosts a variety of courses from Rockwell Automation. These classes are more focused and lengthy and provide a better understanding of a particular Allen-Bradley product or service. Tuition is required and covers all course materials. Classes offered include:

You have heard a lot about The Connected Enterprise. At its most basic level, the Connected Enterprise is about enabling the equipment, machinery, and devices in a manufacturing plant and industrial operations that is connected and can provide real time information as well as be controlled via intelligent software.

Smart machines/equipment allow manufacturers to better leverage the most powerful element that too few organizations today are fully capitalizing on: Their own real-time data. The traditional approach results in low productivity because it doesn't effectively use data from devices on the plant floor.

AB Guardmaster 442G Multifunctional Access Box with CIP Safety

CIP Safety over EtherNet/IP Enables Premier Integration of the Multifunctional Access Box in a GuardLogix Control System

Rockwell Automation introduces the Allen-Bradley Guardmaster 442G Multifunctional Access Box with CIP Safety. Using Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) Safety over Ethernet, the 442G adds to its list of features and benefits the advantage of premier integration with a GuardLogix control system using Studio 5000 Logix Designer. Whether it’s used for interlocking or guard locking, the 442G with CIP Safety provides the highest level of safety for the protection of personnel. Alternatively, it can help prevent unintended interruption of the production process.

Unlike traditional safety light curtains which are based on separate transmitter and receiver units, this next generation light curtain system features a patented technology which allows each transceiver to be used as a transmitter or receiver via an innovative plug-in module. The functionality of a pair of 450L-B safety light curtains can be selected by inserting a plug-in module into the bottom of each transceiver. Once powered up, the transceiver learns its functionality from the plug-in module and begins operating as a transmitter or receiver. This advanced technology greatly reduces stock and provides a flexible, cost-effective safety solution.

As a pre-engineered solution, the Industrial Network Distribution Solution (which is available in three models, the INDS 1000, 2000 and 3000) helps address the unique challenges when implementing a modern network by combining design consulting, on-site implementation and one number to call for technical support. This reduces the complexity of design and build that comes with placing multiple equipment orders for parts needed for do-it-yourself installation, wiring, testing and support on individual components. The network solution, which has been designed to meet the Rockwell Automation and Cisco Converged Plantwide Ethernet (CPwE) tested and validated network architectures, reduces your risk as it is repeatable and proven.

Building a robust and secure network can be fairly complex; getting the right type of connectivity in an open platform across the islands of automation and then up to the higher level supervisory systems and then even up to the business system. Rockwell Automation can help simplify the deployment of a properly designed industrial infrastructure. Our team of vendor-certified engineers is proficient in applying IT concepts to the manufacturing floor, specifically the Industrial Data Center and the Industrial Network Distribution Solution. These pre-engineered solutions simplify deployment to transform your current infrastructure into a fully managed network infrastructure from Rockwell Automation.

To help you optimize productivity, Rockwell Automation has expanded its portfolio with the PanelView™ 5500 operator interface and Studio 5000 View Designer®. View Designer is included as part of the Studio 5000 Automation Engineering & Design Environment, allowing engineers to enter configuration information only once and leverage it across the entire automation design system. The integration of the PanelView 5500 with Studio 5000 View Designer helps you build modern applications more easily and make data-driven decisions faster.

The Connected Enterprise helps address key market challenges. As technology continues to evolve, you will need to be more productive and drive inefficiencies out of your processes in order to stay competitive. You must be able to seamlessly integrate people, processes, and technology into a Connected Enterprise to better address the many challenges you face. A Connected Enterprise helps you view real-time data on manufacturing processes, compare performance across plants, quickly scale production up or down, manage energy consumption and even troubleshot and fix processes and plants remotely.

In today’s economy, it is necessary to have migration solutions that help you to achieve increased productivity and lessen your risk of maintaining your legacy equipment. You need to work with a supplier that has the product, service and industry knowledge to partner with you on an upgrade strategy that will help you maximize your competitive advantage. Rockwell Automation and its partners will work with you to outline a plan that fits your application needs and long-term goals. We can help you migrate all at once or in phases, at the pace that is comfortable for you and fits your budget. With your goals in mind, Rockwell Automation has developed a migration strategy that will allow you to quickly and easily migrate from MSR safety relays to the new GSR relays.

This workshop covers proven best-practices for diagnosing process dynamics and manually tuning PID controllers. The workshop is hands-on and includes case studies of industrial problems and solutions. Course participants will leave with skills to achieve immediate impact to production control through loop optimization and process control strategy.

ES&E is your local authorized Allen-Bradley Distributor and hosts a variety of courses from Rockwell Automation. These classes are more focused and lengthy and provide a better understanding of a particular Allen-Bradley product or service. Tuition is required and covers all course materials. Click here to read more and to register for classes now.

It’s not just about accessing and aggregating data anymore - it's about making that data work for you. FactoryTalk Analytics for Devices is an industrial information appliance that helps you get immediate value from that data. With just a couple clicks of a mouse, it will start delivering health and diagnostics from your devices.

What if your devicescould actually talk to you?

Move over Siri, Shelby is in the house! Learn how FactoryTalk Analytics for Devices and friendly chatbot Shelby can answer questions about your operations and devices.

When it comes to machine safety, Rockwell Automation knows that protection of personnel and equipment is your main concern. At the same time, flexibility and productivity are points that must also be considered as you design your safety system. Optimize all these with the Allen-Bradley Bulletin 800F E-stop push button stations pre-wired for use with the SensaGuard family of non-contact safety switches. The pre-wired 800F E-stop push button stations allow for quick installation with the 5- and 8-pin SensaGuard switches. The combination allows for flexibility of configurations to meet your application needs. The PLe, Cat 4, SIL 3 rating is maintained from the SensaGuard switch when connected in series.

PowerFlex 527 AC drives act as a natural extension of Logix Programmable Automation Controllers. This high level of integration helps to enhance motor coordination for improved machine performance. By leveraging the powerful capabilities of our Logix controllers and using a single software package – Studio 5000 Logix Designer™ – PowerFlex 527 drives help you simplify configuration, programming and use. This streamlined approach uses motion instructions that are shared by the PowerFlex 527 AC drive and Allen-Bradley Kinetix® servo drives, providing a common user experience and just one software package to learn and use. The commonality and use of consolidated integration tools helps save valuable engineering time.

The Bulletin 2198 Encoder Output Module synchronizes devices to your integrated motion on EtherNet/IP system. Reduced wiring increases reliability by eliminating the need to split encoder signals between the motor and drive. The module also increases machine design flexibility. It can sync to any axis of motion (integrated motion over EtherNet/IP or virtual) Kinetix® and PowerFlex drives.

The Stratix 2500 Lightly Managed Switch enables network connectivity in applications where traditional unmanaged switches lack the ability to provide network resiliency, diagnostics and security, allowing you to achieve higher productivity and network reliability. The Stratix 2500 is offered in 5 and 8 10/100 Mbps fast Ethernet copper port versions in a compact design. Its consistent delivery and prioritization of traffic, on a per-port basis, helps ensure that the critical traffic is delivered end to end with priority. It can be installed in the network in two ways. By using the default, "out-ofthe-box" installation, you can prioritize network traffic and commission the device faster. Configuring the switch allows you to enable security, resiliency and bandwidth optimization features needed for today’s industrial networks.

This free and informative event will feature a variety of topics to help you get the most out of your drive investment. Topics include: Drive fundamentals interactions between the power line and the VFD, motor technical presentation, live demo auto device configuration, drive fundamentals interactions between the VFD and the motor, permanent magnet motors for efficiency gains, and predictive maintenance w/Powerflex 750 drives.

This workshop covers proven best-practices for diagnosing process dynamics and manually tuning PID controllers. The workshop is hands-on and includes case studies of industrial problems and solutions. Course participants will leave with skills to achieve immediate impact to production control through loop optimization and process control strategy.

ES&E is your local authorized Allen-Bradley Distributor and hosts a variety of courses from Rockwell Automation. These classes are more focused and lengthy and provide a better understanding of a particular Allen-Bradley product or service. Tuition is required and covers all course materials. Click here to read more and to register for classes now.

Meeting the Need for Speed andFlexibility in Manufacturing

How can you balance the market demands of mass customization and multiple packing options along with the needs for traceability without sacrificing speed and flexibility? Learn how designing new machines and production lines can help you achieve these goals while decreasing your factory footprint and maintenance costs with independent cart technology (ICT). Independent cart technology can offer: A new approach to machine design, faster, flexible, and scalable platform that allows for easy changeovers, higher production rates, and built-in traceability, fewer moving parts than other conventional systems.Wednesday, July 12 - 1:00 p.m. CST | Click here to register.

Smart manufacturing and industrial operations embrace a new way forward. This new direction is highly-connected and knowledge-enabled, where devices and processes are connected, monitored, and optimized.

Smart operations require the use of new and disruptive technologies, from analytics and mobile to collaborative machines. These technologies communicate with each other and adapt to internal and external conditions. They also require new strategies that make the most of these technologies to create flexible, efficient, responsive, and secure operations.

Rockwell Automation introduces the Allen-Bradley Guardmaster Lifeline 5 safety cable-pull switch. The new patented Lifeline 5 is a microprocessor-based solution that brings advanced features and diagnostics that help enhance safety while improving productivity. The Lifeline 5 offers features and functions that simplify setup and allow for more efficient maintenance and troubleshooting, making it the most advanced switch on the market today. And it does all this while performing at the highest safety ratings, even when connected in series.

Cognex 3D displacement sensors optimize product quality by providing three-dimensional inspection of your products. The sensors are factory calibrated and include industry-leading Cognex machine vision software with powerful 2D and 3D toolsets and a compact, IP65-rated design that withstands even the harshest factory environments. Combined with unique field calibration technology Cognex 3D vision provides the highest accuracy data despite mechanical mounting or motion errors, as well as enabling the simultaneous use of multiple sensors on wide production lines to generate single high resolution 3D images.

The ACSI with an integrated servo motor creates a space-saving machine design by eliminating a drive in a cabinet. The ACSI can be controlled with simple digital I/O (24Vdc), analog input (0-10Vdc or 4-20mA) or robust industrial Ethernet: EtherNet/IP and Modbus TCP. Optimized for linear or rotary operation. With built-in configurations for all of Tolomatic's electric actuators, the ACSI integrated servo motor/drive/controller creates linear motion quickly and easily in the desired linear units. When ordered with a Tolomatic actuator, the ACSI will be mounted to the actuator, configured and tested as a system.

Which PowerMonitor product suits your application?
Are you interested in energy management, power quality management, or both?Energy Management
• Do you have an energy savings initiative within your company?
• Do your utility bills currently exceed $100,000 a month?
• Is energy more than 15% of your operating costs?
• Do you plan to buy electricity in the competitive market?
• Do you want to understand where your energy is consumed?

Power Quality Management
• Do you have unplanned downtime?
• How much are you spending on downtime?
• Are you able to identify the cause of downtime?
• Are there electronics failing in your facility with no known cause?
• Do you have a good understanding of the power quality in your plant?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, we can provide a solution.

This workshop covers proven best-practices for diagnosing process dynamics and manually tuning PID controllers. The workshop is hands-on and includes case studies of industrial problems and solutions. Course participants will leave with skills to achieve immediate impact to production control through loop optimization and process control strategy.

The CompactLogix 5380 controller helps enable faster performance, capacity, productivity and security to help meet the growing demands of smart machines and equipment for manufacturing when a compact solution is needed.

The CompactLogix 5380 controller with Studio 5000 software connects people and processes to enable the Connected Enterprise.

The POINT I/O 4 Channel IO-Link Master module provides four channels that can be individually configured as IO-Link Master or as a standard digital I/O module. The IO-Link Master module can be configured to fit any IO-Link and/or discrete application.

In IO-Link mode, the module supports four channels for IO-Link master communication with IO-Link compatible devices. In standard digital I/O mode, the module supports four channels of standard digital input or standard digital output. Standard digital input channels support IEC61131-2 type 1 input. Channels can also be disabled if not in use.

The ArmorBlock I/O 8 Channel IO-LinkMaster provides eight channels that can be individually configured as IO-Link Master or as a standard digital I/O module on four M12 connectors. The IO-Link Master module can be configured to fit any IO-Link and/or discrete application. The module also provides time stamping functionality for discrete inputs and IO-Link input data.

The On Tour program is a collaborative effort by ES&E and Rockwell to expose customers to Rockwell technology and experience its ease of use through various hands on lab sessions. The symposium will be held at all three of our locations: May 10 - 11 in Rocky Mount, May 18 - 19 in Greensboro, and May 24 - 25 in Apex. Lunch will be provided.